The National Physician Survey (NPS) is an important study in large part because of the breadth of its mandate. The survey reaches out to all physicians in Canada – specialists and family doctors – second-year medical residents, and medical students in Canada - approximately 70,000 individuals.

Prior to 2004, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) carried out our physician resource surveys separately. As part of a collaborative initiative, combined with the financial support of the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Health Canada, our three organizations now consolidate our resources in an effort to efficiently address the issues concerning Canadian physicians today and in the future.

The 2007 National Physician Survey builds on the success of the 2004 survey to reveal important trends, confirm many findings and open up new areas of enquiry with additional questions.